Series
Buying and vendor management
The buying series covers what happens after the demo: total cost of ownership, what service contracts exclude, calibration schedules, acceptance testing, and the specifications vendors leave off the sheet. Twelve bulletins. Every other source in this territory is a company selling the service it is describing.
Bulletins
12 · 0 publishedRMT‑67Total cost of ownershipIn preparation
RMT‑68The demo: what to make them proveIn preparation
RMT‑69How to read a spec sheetIn preparation
RMT‑70The specifications vendors omitIn preparation
RMT‑71Service contracts and what they excludeIn preparation
RMT‑72Warranty termsIn preparation
RMT‑73Calibration: schedule, cost, and who signs itIn preparation
RMT‑74Installation and acceptance testingIn preparation
RMT‑75Lead times, and what they do to a launch dateIn preparation
RMT‑76Refurbished equipmentIn preparation
RMT‑77Consumables lock-inIn preparation
RMT‑78Disposal, resale, and residual valueIn preparation